Inkstand



(No Model.) 4

J. H. HAYDEN.

INKSTAND.

No. 415,293. Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

Jamaal? I 62677/ XMUQQV/ mm I .zillorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES ll. HAYDEN, OF BATON, TERRITORY O F NElV MEXICO.

INKSTAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,293, dated November 19, 1889.

Application fil August 30, 1889- Serial No. 322,409. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JAMES H. HAYDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ra ton, in the county of Colfax and Territory of New Mexico, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inkstands; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Myinvention has relation to improvements in inkstands; and the object is to provide a utensil of the kind named whereby a supply of fresh ink may be kept in the reservoir or main stand, which maybe fed to theink-well as desired without liability of wasting, spill-.

ticle of manufacture, of novel and particular construction, as will be hereinafter fully described, and as particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed.

I have fully and clearly illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, where- 1n Figure 1 is a front view of the inkstand arranged in its supporting-frame, and showing the sponge-holder. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the inkstand. Fig. 3 is a top view of the inkstand. Fig. 4: is a side view of the frame, showing the pen-rack.

A denotes the inkstand, made of any suitable n1aterialsuch as china, glass, &c.and of any desired form meeting the general co'nformation shown and herein described, having its top formed integral with the body, substantially as shown. In the top is a fillingaperture 1, through which the ink is poured "into the stand. This aperture is provided with a cover or stopper 2, of anyproper kind. I have shown it as consisting of a stopper having a metal cap 3, with an arm extending and hinged to a bearing 4 on the top of the stand.

At the front of the inkstand is located the ink-well 5, cast or formed integral with the main part and having connection therewith through a port 6 in the wall of the stand, and located just beneath the top. The ink-well 5 is provided with a pen-hole 7 having its inner edge close to the wall of the stand, and may have a close-fitting coveror stopper 8 to close the opening when the stand is not in use.

The ink'well is of novel and particular con struction. It extends tapering downward, as at 5), and projects outward, as at 10. The part 10 constitutes a receptacle, pouringchamber, or measure for the ink when the stand is tipped to pour the ink into the well, and also as a means to prevent the ink from being spilled from the well should the stand be tipped afterward. The parts 9 and 10 being of the same capacity, it is readily perceived that when the latter is filled from the main reservoir and the stand again moved to its upright position the ink in the part 10 will descend into the part 9, conveniently accessible by the pen. Any subsequent tilting not suflicient to discharge the ink through the port will result in its running into the part 10 and its discharge from the ink-well thus prevented. On the sides of the inkstand are bearing-lugs 11 and 11*, which engage projecting trunnions on the supporting-frame, as hereinafter specified.

B denotes the supporting-frame, consisting of two upright side standards 12 13, connected at the bottom by a cross-bar and at the top by an arched bar ll, having projecting therefrom the pen-holder or pen-rack 15, which may be ornamented to suit the taste of the designer. From the standard 12 is projected atrunnion 16, the free end of which enters the lug 11 on that side of the inkstand, and through a threaded hole in the standard 13 is fitted a detachable and adjustable trunnion 16*, the free end of which engages the lug 11 The inkstand is thus held in a swinging position; but it may be adjusted and held in its position, as desired, by adjusting the trunnion 1t in its end-pressure in its bearing in the lug. On the outer end of the threaded trunnion is secured a sleeve or receptacle 17, constituting a sponge-holder, in which a small sponge is placed for convenience in wiping the pointof the pen.

To serve the purpose of a cleaner for the ink-well, I fasten the sponge to a wire or rod 18, forming a handle by which the sponge may be inserted in the ink-well and the sediment or deposits therein removed.

To use my improved inkstand, a supply of ink having been poured in the main reservoir, the stand is tilted or tipped until the ink therein flows through the port into that part of the well designated by 10, which being filled to the extent desired, the stand is righted in position,the flow therefrom stopped,

. and the ink intended for use is carried into nions being mounted in a threaded hole of the standard of the frame, substantial1y as and for the purpose stated.

2. In an inkstand, the combination, with a supporting-frame, of a fixed trunnion on one of the standards of the frame, and a detachable trunnion in the other standard, formed with the sponge-holder on its outer end, substantially as described.

'3. The combination, with the inkstand A and frame B, of the detachable trunnion 16*,

provided with a sponge-holder on its outer.

end, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. HAYDEN. \Vitnesses:

WM. 0. WEIGLEY, C. M. BAYNE. 

